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Jax
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It really does show a breathtaking naïveté on behalf of tobacco control enthusiasts for them to believe that just because in their opinion “tobacco isn’t like any other product” that that’s exactly the way others will see things, too. Because even if they were right, it was always inevitable that other campaigners would try to pretend that their particular hated product was the same, even if in reality it wasn’t. Perhaps Tobacco Control have become so used to everyone hanging on to every word they say and believing it as absolute gospel truth that they thought that a sharp little three-liner as quoted would be enough for all the other campaign groups in the world to think: “Oh dear, Tobacco Control have told us that we aren’t allowed to join in their game. We’ll have to think of one of our own now.”

What Tobacco Control fail to recognise, however, is that as well as initiating the whole smoker hate-fest which has emerged over the years (which they no doubt think is a Very Good Thing), they also unwittingly justified and made acceptable the whole “hate” mindset in and of itself. And it is perhaps this, even more than their specific smoker-hatred (which, after all, only affects all those Wicked Smokers), which is the most damaging thing to emerge from the success of the anti-smoking movement. Because this mindset won’t just restrict itself to smokers, no matter how much the anti-smoking movement might bleat that it should - it can and will be readily and easily applied to any group in society which another group has decided that it objects to. As is now happening …

All I want to do here is repeat part of Jax's post: absolutely perfect expression of the problem:

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What Tobacco Control fail to recognise, however, is that as well as initiating the whole smoker hate-fest which has emerged over the years (which they no doubt think is a Very Good Thing), they also unwittingly justified and made acceptable the whole “hate” mindset in and of itself. And it is perhaps this, even more than their specific smoker-hatred (which, after all, only affects all those Wicked Smokers), which is the most damaging thing to emerge from the success of the anti-smoking movement.

Giubilini and Minerva wrote "when circumstances occur after birth that would have justified abortion, what we call after-birth abortion should be permissible."

If a newly born child poses an economic burden on a family, or is disabled, or is unwanted, that child can be murdered in cold blood because the baby lacks intrinsic value, and according to Giubilini and Minerva, is not a person.

Giubilini and Minerva wrote, "actual people's well-being could be threatened by a newborn even if healthy child requiring energy, money and care which the family might happen to be in short supply of."

As any parents -- especially moms -- will tell you, children in general and newborns in particular require enormous energy, money and boatloads of love. If any of these are lacking or pose what Giubilini and Minerva called a "threat," does that justify a death sentence?

The medical profession appears to be elevating itself to the position of God. It's past time for them to be brought back to earth before any more of their dangerous ideas gain traction.

This is, I suppose, an inevitable progression from the idea (which has become a conviction) that they can and should dictate to people what they can and cannot eat, drink and smoke, and where disobedience merits punishment.

Only animal products (meat, eggs, dairy) contain all the essential amino acids the body requires. It takes a lot of mixing and matching your veg to get them all otherwise. Getting the required amount of essential fatty acids is also pretty difficult, plus a bunch of other things.

If you are of a mind to do so, with a little research it isn't hard to find reasons why certain vegetables in a staple vegan diet are bad for you and should not be eaten. Some people with autoimmune diseases can't live vegan lifestyles.

I'm also pretty sure that health issues started rising in the last 30 or so years, after they started peddling the eat more fruit, grains and fibre, less fat method of "healthy eating".